The Cure

Favourite song lyrics/ lyrics that get stuck in your head

There are quite a few Cure lyrics that pop up in my head.

"The shallow drowned lose less than we"

and

"Hello image, sing me a line from your favourite song"

Are the most common.

What are your favourite Cure song lyrics or do any get stuck in your head?

Thanks

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Nice idea SAH ;-)

I have lots... but the one that springs immediately to mind is,

"I can never say no to anyone but you" from The Figurehead

I think it's due in part to way the music builds up to this line - and also the power and the cruelty of the words themselves.

The way I interpret them is that the person saying those words is saying that they are powerless, a push over, but still they have power over the person they are saying those words to. And what does that make them? I am nothing, but still I have power over you.

What do you like particularly about those lines SAH - and do you have anymore? :)

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I really don't have any favorite Cure lyrics,(that's in common with the other bands I listen to). Every now and then a song will get stuck in my head for a couple of days - the last one was Where the Birds Always Sing...and its back now that I'm thinking of it...

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AuntieHelen wrote:
Nice idea SAH ;-)

I have lots... but the one that springs immediately to mind is,

"I can never say no to anyone but you" from The Figurehead

I think it's due in part to way the music builds up to this line - and also the power and the cruelty of the words themselves.

The way I interpret them is that the person saying those words is saying that they are powerless, a push over, but still they have power over the person they are saying those words to. And what does that make them? I am nothing, but still I have power over you.

What do you like particularly about those lines SAH - and do you have anymore? :)

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leahcl wrote:
I really don't have any favorite Cure lyrics,(that's in common with the other bands I listen to). Every now and then a song will get stuck in my head for a couple of days - the last one was Where the Birds Always Sing...and its back now that I'm thinking of it...

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Pornography has some amazing lyrics. I love Siamese Twins, and there are a couple from the Pornography track itself that stick in my head, particularly

"One more day like today and I'll kill you
A desire for flesh
And real blood
I'll watch you drown in the shower
Pushing my life through your open eyes"

Because - again, the power of the words and the imagery they conjure up. Drowning in the shower would take some doing...

Another lyric that I think conjures up a vivid image is from "From the edge of the deep green sea"

"and she listens like her head's on fire
like she wants to believe in me"

I love that line, it always stays with me.

Nice interpretation of 'The shallow drowned lose less than we' SAH - I think you've got it spot on, those who feel less have less to lose.

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AuntieHelen wrote:
Pornography has some amazing lyrics. I love Siamese Twins, and there are a couple from the Pornography track itself that stick in my head, particularly

"One more day like today and I'll kill you
A desire for flesh
And real blood
I'll watch you drown in the shower
Pushing my life through your open eyes"

Because - again, the power of the words and the imagery they conjure up. Drowning in the shower would take some doing...

Another lyric that I think conjures up a vivid image is from "From the edge of the deep green sea"

"and she listens like her head's on fire
like she wants to believe in me"

I love that line, it always stays with me.

Nice interpretation of 'The shallow drowned lose less than we' SAH - I think you've got it spot on, those who feel less have less to lose.

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AuntieHelen wrote:

leahcl wrote:
I really don't have any favorite Cure lyrics,(that's in common with the other bands I listen to). Every now and then a song will get stuck in my head for a couple of days - the last one was Where the Birds Always Sing...and its back now that I'm thinking of it...

It surprises me that you don't have favourite lyrics Leahcl - what with you being a bit of a poet. Song lyrics are like poems set to music after all...

I wish I was a bit more poetic - I couldn't write a poem for toffee... but I can still appreciate poems and like I say song lyrics are like poems

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leahcl wrote:

AuntieHelen wrote:

leahcl wrote:
I really don't have any favorite Cure lyrics,(that's in common with the other bands I listen to). Every now and then a song will get stuck in my head for a couple of days - the last one was Where the Birds Always Sing...and its back now that I'm thinking of it...

It surprises me that you don't have favourite lyrics Leahcl - what with you being a bit of a poet. Song lyrics are like poems set to music after all...

I wish I was a bit more poetic - I couldn't write a poem for toffee... but I can still appreciate poems and like I say song lyrics are like poems

I know it is a bit strange not having favorite lyrics but that doesn't mean that I don't love them. I love to sing along but for the most part I get immersed in the music, (Robert's voice is an amazing instrument), more than the lyrics for their meaning. You know if you asked me to recall a line of one of my poems I couldn't.

Where the Birds Always Sing has been in the front of my mind because I have been thinking about mortality and survival. It has taken me a while to work through that unfortunate situations are no ones fault, (especially my own), just bad luck.

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SAH wrote: "I was actually thinking about the lyrics of Pornography today the last line "I must fight this sickness.. find a Cure" I believe is very important not only to that specific track but Pornography as an album, it suggests optimism and brings hope, although Pornography is a very dark album I think it is also optimistic. What do you think? Your lyric from Pornography does provide some brilliant imagery, I find it interesting trying to interpret lines like those. On another note From The Edge Of The Deep Green Sea is one of my favourite tracks from Wish, it is such a beautiful song that presents both the 'she listens like her heads on fire like she wants to believe in me' with the contrasting 'it's always the same, wake up in the rain, head in pain, hung in shame, a different name, same old game, love in vein. or the 'Why do you cry?, what did I say? but it's just rain I say brushing my tears away".

The line from From the edge of the deep green sea that always pops up in my mind is

"I never been so colourfully see through" (Even though it isn't too relevant)"

I totally agree with you that Pornography is strangely uplifting & optimistic and the juxtaposition of the first line of the first song "It doesn't matter if we all die" and the last line of the last song "I must fight this sickness, Find a cure..." shows just that. To go from a completely nihilistic statement to a statement that shows a desire to survive is very powerful. To me it's like the cathartic experience of creating the album resulted in a shift from complete despair to a glimmer of hope and a desire to endure. On the whole I think Porno has some of my favourite lyrics but there are more!

The lyrics from Secrets - really touch me for their honesty. The line "I wish I was yours..." always gets me. It's such an open, honest statement. I love this song - and the whispered "Keep quiet" gives me shivers every time.

Secrets
Share with another girl
Talking all night in a room
All night
Everything slowing down
I wish I was yours...

Strangers
Nobody knows we love
I catch your eyes in the dark
One look relives the memory
Remember me
The way I used to be

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AuntieHelen wrote:
SAH wrote: "I was actually thinking about the lyrics of Pornography today the last line "I must fight this sickness.. find a Cure" I believe is very important not only to that specific track but Pornography as an album, it suggests optimism and brings hope, although Pornography is a very dark album I think it is also optimistic. What do you think? Your lyric from Pornography does provide some brilliant imagery, I find it interesting trying to interpret lines like those. On another note From The Edge Of The Deep Green Sea is one of my favourite tracks from Wish, it is such a beautiful song that presents both the 'she listens like her heads on fire like she wants to believe in me' with the contrasting 'it's always the same, wake up in the rain, head in pain, hung in shame, a different name, same old game, love in vein. or the 'Why do you cry?, what did I say? but it's just rain I say brushing my tears away".

The line from From the edge of the deep green sea that always pops up in my mind is

"I never been so colourfully see through" (Even though it isn't too relevant)"

I totally agree with you that Pornography is strangely uplifting & optimistic and the juxtaposition of the first line of the first song "It doesn't matter if we all die" and the last line of the last song "I must fight this sickness, Find a cure..." shows just that. To go from a completely nihilistic statement to a statement that shows a desire to survive is very powerful. To me it's like the cathartic experience of creating the album resulted in a shift from complete despair to a glimmer of hope and a desire to endure. On the whole I think Porno has some of my favourite lyrics but there are more!

The lyrics from Secrets - really touch me for their honesty. The line "I wish I was yours..." always gets me. It's such an open, honest statement. I love this song - and the whispered "Keep quiet" gives me shivers every time.

Secrets
Share with another girl
Talking all night in a room
All night
Everything slowing down
I wish I was yours...

Strangers
Nobody knows we love
I catch your eyes in the dark
One look relives the memory
Remember me
The way I used to be

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Yup Secrets is a personal favourite :) I also love the line from In Your House

I change the time in your house
The hours I take
Go so slow ...

It's quite a surreal song - conjures up lots of strange scenes, almost dream like. I'd love to see RS pretending to swim in my house :D

Another dreamlike song (which I think I've read was based on two dreams, one of RS's and one of Mary's) Kyoto Song.

I particularly like the lines:

I see no further now than this dream
The trembling hand of the trembling man
Hold my mouth
To hold in a scream

Coming right up to date, Kyoto Song - with the Japanese theme, reminds me of a favourite lyric from The Hungry Ghost.

A floating bed
A head of stone
A home plugged into every phone

Kimono coral floral print
Exclusive tint and cut reclusive

I love the sound of "Kimono coral floral print" it rolls off the tongue nicely

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AuntieHelen wrote:
Yup Secrets is a personal favourite :) I also love the line from In Your House

I change the time in your house
The hours I take
Go so slow ...

It's quite a surreal song - conjures up lots of strange scenes, almost dream like. I'd love to see RS pretending to swim in my house :D

Another dreamlike song (which I think I've read was based on two dreams, one of RS's and one of Mary's) Kyoto Song.

I particularly like the lines:

I see no further now than this dream
The trembling hand of the trembling man
Hold my mouth
To hold in a scream

Coming right up to date, Kyoto Song - with the Japanese theme, reminds me of a favourite lyric from The Hungry Ghost.

A floating bed
A head of stone
A home plugged into every phone

Kimono coral floral print
Exclusive tint and cut reclusive

I love the sound of "Kimono coral floral print" it rolls off the tongue nicely

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'The dawn call was broken, short, disconnected, far away...
I couldn't understand too much of what was being said...
A matter of minutes, peacefully, so sorry...
I had to think to breathe, my heart bursting in my head...
We moved in silence through a slowly waking world of pale grey rain...
And as we drove, a strange sun split the sky...
In that moment I knew nothing would ever be the same again...

The days fall out...
The weeks always run down
The months just fly...
The years go by...........'

This Morning.....probably in my top three Cure songs of all time.
Someone extremely close to himself, or possibly one of the other guys is in a hospital.
These words are barely sung, mostly spoken over one of Jason's most wonderful drum tracks. So full of emotion he is almost crying.
I wonder who it was written about.
It brings tears to my eyes each time I play it, and I play it a lot.

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The Cure is one of the only bands I know almost all the lyrics from.

I have a lot of favorites too many to list , the dark romantic lyrics of Apart , the desparate lyrics of disintegration , the playfulness of Club America (It's a great song) and lets not forget the Kiss !
For every mood a lyric.

Looking so very much forward to the new album.

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No shapes sail on the dark deep lakes and no flags wave me home.




this is a favourite of mine too.....

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I really like the lyrics to Like Cockatoos. It has very vivid, but dreamy imagery.

'And he was standing
At the corner
Where the road turned dark
A part of shiny wet
Like blood the rain fell
Black down on the street

And kissed his feet she fell
Her head an inch away from heaven
And her face pressed tight
And all around the night sang out
Like cockatoos'

'And turning on his heel
He left a trace of bubbles
Bleeding in his stead

And in her head
A picture of a boy who left her
Lonely in the rain
(And all around the night sang out
like cockatoos)'

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..."to make your eyes catch fire the way they should".

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Ooo nice question but soo hard almost every song has a lyrical gem :)
Mine are:

Give me your eyes that I might see, the blind man kissing my hands


Crying for sympathy crocodiles cry for the love of the crowd and three cheers from everyone

The very first time I saw your face I thought of a song
And quickly changed the tune


Say hello on a day like today say it everytime you move, the way you look at me now, makes me wish I was you.

OH and sooooo many more :)

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My Fav sone is Same Deep Water As You - I met Robert in 1987 and he wrote me a card - have a look on my profile x